How to Crochet: Treble Crochet Stitches (tr)

Treble crochet stitches are very similar to double crochet stitches. The photo to the right shows a small swatch of treble stitches. They are longer than double crochet stitches and normally create a more airy piece.

Here is how to crochet treble crochet stitches: yarn over 2 times, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, (yarn over, pull up 2 loops) 3 times

For further explanation, here is a picture tutorial! This tutorial is for both right and left handed people. For left handed pictures, roll your mouse over the image and it will change for you.

Step 1: Yarn over ( wrap the yarn around your hook) 2 times

Step 2: Insert your hook into the stitch you want to make your treble crochet stitch in

Step 3: Yarn over ( wrap the yarn around your hook)

Step 4: Pull the strand of yarn through 1 loop on your hook. You should now have 4 loops on your hook.

Step 5: Yarn over ( wrap the yarn around your hook)

Step 6: Pull the strand of yarn through 2 loops on your hook. You should now have 3 loops on your hook.

Step 7: Yarn over ( wrap the yarn around your hook)

Step 8: Pull the strand of yarn through 2 loops on your hook. You should now have 2 loops on your hook.

Step 9: Yarn over ( wrap the yarn around your hook)

Step 10: Pull the strand of yarn through the final 2 loops on your hook. You should now have 1 loop on your hook.

Congrats! You just completed one treble crochet stitch! You can make rows and rows of treble crochet stitches. Just make sure you chain 4 (the height of a treble crochet stitch) before starting new rows. This way your work won’t bunch up on the ends.

If you need more help with crocheting treble crochet stitches, let me know and I’ll be glad to help!

35 Comments

Your work is so clear. I am going to recommend you to some of my newbie crochet friends.

I am new to crochet too. Just over 6 months. I have been experimenting with different stitches and find the Puff Stitch impossible. I can’t get the hook through all the loops on the hook. I have tried different yarns and hooks. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong? Thanks!!

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Hi, just wanted to say I tried about 7 picture tutorials for Treble in the last half hour and mucked my piece up, then checked in over here and picked it up on the first go round…Lovely, thanks; you have a great eye for instruction.

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Hi Gillian, the yarn and a larger crochet hook would make it stretchy. This stitch doesn’t always make it stretchy. You can make a small swatch using the stitch to see if it gives your the stretchiness you like. Have fun with it!

Thanks, Rachel. I have a great book with crochet stitches (from Reader’s Digest back in the 80s), but couldn’t get to it, and needed a refresher on the treble crochet stitch for a dishcloth pattern I’d printed out. Of course, you have a very clear and simple tutorial that made it easy to double-check the parts of the stitch I wasn’t sure about quickly. I love your site! Sara

Thanks so much for showing how to do a treble crochet. I always thought I could not do this so I would pass over any pattern that had this stitch and with looking at your well explained instructions I think I can learn to do this. Thanks very much.

I’m having a really hard time with this stitch. I can get everything through the loops but when I finish my back loop has stretched really far. This happens no matter how tight I keep my stitches. Please help. I hold my hook like a spoon and I can’t seem to master the pencil grip.

Hi Amy, your problem is very common! I used to have this problem too. When you wrap your yarn over multiple times it’s very easy to loosen the tension. I think practice is probably the best solution. Try to keep the tension tight when you are working the entire stitch.

Row 1: ch 14, tr in fifth ch from hook and in each ch across: 10 tr
Row 2: ch 4, turn, tr in each tr across: 10 tr
Repeat row 2, 1 more time or until it is the length desired.

There aren’t any chains between the stitches. The treble crochets naturally have spaces between them because they are tall stitches. The swatch shown in the photo is just a bunch of treble crochets one after another.